In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 16, Samsung Newsroom has outlined the accessibility features of Bespoke AI appliances that allow easy and convenient use for all.

Designed With Mobility in Mind

Both Samsung’s Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI Family Hub and Bespoke AI Laundry Combo feature Auto Open Door — a function that helps users open the doors of these appliances. Refrigerator doors will open with a light touch, and laundry machine doors will open when turned on or when a cycle is complete. This function makes appliance use much easier for people who may struggle with opening doors such as the elderly or those in wheelchairs.

▲ Bespoke AI Laundry Combo with Auto Open Door

Full Control Through Audio and Voice

Bixby’s¹ voice command feature allows users to control devices around the home using only their voice, relieving the burden of device operation for people with low vision. Through voice commands, Bespoke WindFree Air Conditioner stand models can control other home appliances — such as refrigerators and washing machines — once connected to SmartThings.

Devices that offer Voice assistant audibly read user commands and the status of each appliance. Included on select Samsung air conditioners and robot vacuum cleaners, this feature will be expanded via a software update to the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo and other products equipped with AI Home — a 7-inch LCD touchscreen panel that helps control home appliances.

Accessible sounds — available on select refrigerator models for people with low vision — provide audio feedback in a series of distinct sounds with varying scales and syllable breaks, allowing users to better navigate operation controls. Samsung is now expanding this feature to Bespoke AI refrigerators and other products, so users can easily adjust the temperature of the refrigerator and freezer compartments.

▲ A usage example of Samsung Bixby’s voice command feature

Created for All Ages

Samsung is expanding its Senior Care feature to more appliances via AI Home to enhance readability through larger fonts.

Additionally, select induction cooktops feature Child Lock — a function that disables cooktop control to prevent accidental operation by children or pets. The lock can be controlled remotely on the SmartThings app.

Samsung plans to accelerate its development of accessibility technology under the slogan “AI for All” so that convenience in daily life can be enjoyed by everyone.

※ Availability of the features and functions mentioned above may vary by country and region, for applicable models only.

※ When connecting to the SmartThings is required: Users must download the SmartThings app available on Android and iOS devices. A Wi-Fi connection and a Samsung account are required.

¹ Bixby recognizes select languages and certain accents/dialects. The user interface may change and differ by device. The availability of Bixby features and content providers may vary depending on the country/carrier/language/device model/OS version. A Samsung account log-in and an internet connection (Wi-Fi or data network) are required.

This year, Samsung has added limited-edition panel art in collaboration with artist Alex Proba to its collection of exclusive Bespoke designs. The panels are on display at Samsung 837 in New York and the flagship Samsung Electronics store in Seoul, and limited editions are available for purchase in the U.S.

Adding New Dimensions to the Bespoke Experience

Through past collaborations with artists Thibaud Hérem, Andy Rementer and Danish lifestyle brand HAY, Samsung’s Bespoke appliances were transformed into statement pieces as these artists explored the limits of Bespoke’s customizability. French illustrator Hérem took inspiration from European architecture, while U.S. pop artist Rementer highlighted diversity with colorful portraits of communities, and HAY developed custom-blends of colors inspired by natural food ingredients.

“Our Bespoke collaborations serve as a gateway for exploring aspirational design, transforming standard home appliances into art,” said MH Bu, Head of Design Team, Digital Appliances, Samsung Electronics. “It’s always exciting partnering with artists to see what their creativity will bring to the Bespoke line and how it can reimagine home designs around the world.”

Finding Inspiration in Everyday Moments

Proba is the founder of Brooklyn and Portland-based design studio StudioPROBA. She describes the inspiration for her art as coming from shapes and colors that evoke positive memories and happiness. The artist has worked with hundreds of global brands on several art pieces — including graphic, environmental and furniture design, as well as artwork.

Proba’s partnership with Samsung began when she was invited to design a room in Samsung’s product experience space, Samsung 837. Located in New York’s iconic Meatpacking district, Samsung 837 is a showroom where visitors can enjoy interactive experiences including virtual reality exhibitions, music performances and design installations such as the Bespoke My Home stages where Proba’s projects were first displayed.

Divided into three arrangements — Kitchen, Lounge and Studio — the spaces are designed by local artists reflecting their stylistic visions. Ceramics artist, Aliza Simons of Brooklyn based Henry Street Studio, designed the kitchen with earthy tones integrating various ceramics. Furniture designer, Stephen Burks arranged the lounge space creating a cozy and relaxing vibe by combining his unique style with Bespoke’s customizable designs. And Proba designed The Studio to reflect her own décor melding joyful colors and abstract shapes, and even including some of her personal belongings into the display.

Bringing Nature Inside via a New Medium

Thanks to this latest collaboration project, Proba’s exclusive designs for the Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator are now available for consumer homes. “My work explores joy and happiness using colorful patterns and shapes inspired by nature,” said Proba. “Designing for Samsung’s Bespoke refrigerator was a new adventure for me, and a way for my art to transcend traditional mediums — bringing vibrant color with abstract patterns to unexpected places.”

Through their partnership with Proba, Samsung is offering consumers an exclusive motif inspired by the beauty of the world outside. To learn more about Proba’s Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerators and to make reservations, follow this link.

▲ Alex Proba installations at Digital Plaza

An All-New Way To Add Color to Your Kitchen

Proba’s limited-edition designs come as Samsung is offering its first Bespoke French Door refrigerators to the global market. Available in a 3-door and 4-door configuration — including the Family Hub options for both — these new refrigerators offer the latest in space saving and cooling technologies in a uniquely Bespoke package.

As practical as they are beautiful, advanced features in the Bespoke French Door refrigerators allow for optimal food storage that keeps food fresh longer by adjusting temperature and humidity. Chilled, filtered water is always ready in the built-in pitcher with flavor infusion options, and ice is quickly made in both cubes and ice bites to freshen up drinks.

The Bespoke French Door refrigerators will be available starting March in two materials, glass and steel, with a wide spectrum of colors to match. Glass options include striking shades like Clementine, Sunrise Yellow, Pink, Morning Blue, Charcoal, Gray and White, while steel options include timeless classics such as Emerald Green, Navy, Tuscan, Matte Black and Stainless.¹ Check out the full range of Bespoke refrigerator offerings at Samsung.com, and stay tuned to Samsung Newsroom for the latest news about all things Bespoke.

¹ Available models and colors vary by region.

Samsung’s introduction of its award-winning Bespoke refrigerators made waves across the industry by ushering in a new era of customizable home appliances.

At this year’s CES, the company officially announced the launch of all-new Samsung Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator in the U.S. market. Now, U.S. consumers can customize their kitchen with a fridge featuring colors and materials that perfectly suit their own lifestyles and décor choices.

In particular, the all-new Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator takes the lineup’s personalization to the next level by introducing a range of customizable food management features. Read on to learn more about how Samsung designed the Bespoke 4-Door Flex to cater to a wide variety of households’ refrigeration needs.

Match Your Aesthetic

The Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator includes Samsung’s trademark large capacity, flexible convenience and powerful cooling performance, along with the option to choose the color and finish of the four front panels to match every décor style. Whether your preferred color palette is minimalist or cozy, there’s a Bespoke color for you.

The panels of the Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator are available in a dynamic range of colors, with users in each region able to choose from a color palette of options tailored specifically to their market.

In the U.S., the first market the Bespoke 4-Door Flex will be available in, consumers can choose between Grey Glass, Sky Blue Glass, Navy Steel, Champagne Steel, Matte Black, Navy Glass, White Glass and Rose Pink Glass panel color options.

Furthermore, U.S. consumers will also be able to match their Bespoke 4-Door Flex even more closely to their interior design aesthetic thanks to the availability of either a classic Steel metal finish or a glamorous Glass finish.

If your home aesthetic changes, you can make sure your refrigerator keeps up. Simply contact an installer to switch out the panels to the color and finish of your choice for quick and easy customization.

Whichever style you select for your Bespoke 4-Door Flex, you are guaranteed a premium touch to your home thanks to the refrigerator’s flat doors and seamless design.

Beverage Access Made More Convenient Than Ever

The Bespoke 4-Door Flex also comes with a brand-new Beverage Center, hidden away behind the upper left door to maintain the refrigerator’s flat, sleek front door design. The Beverage Center includes an Autofill Water Pitcher that is always full of fresh water whenever you need it, and a water dispenser with a washable dispenser nozzle for hygienic use.

Once you have your water, you can easily cool it down with ice. The Bespoke 4-Door Flex comes with a Dual Auto Ice Maker that can make regular cubed ice as well as nugget ice – smaller, more chewable pieces of ice that will cool down your drinks even quicker.

Customize Your FlexZone

The Bespoke 4-Door Flex offers more customized food management options than ever before, whatever your needs might be. The refrigerator features a FlexZone in its lower right compartment that allows you to switch between refrigerator and freezer modes as you require. The FlexZone now includes five different convertible modes to keep your food at optimal temperatures, including the brand-new “Fruits & Veggies” mode.

The two veggie boxes, or crispers, in the Bespoke 4-Door Flex also allow for more control over your food storage. The Crisper+ drawer is airtight, keeping fruits and vegetables fresher for longer, while the Flex Crisper can be temperature-controlled to be perfect for either for vegetables or for meat and fish. The storage modes on the FlexZone and Flex Crisper can be controlled either directly on the fridge itself or through the SmartThings app.

Of course, the Bespoke 4-Door Flex comes with Samsung’s signature cooling technologies including Triple Cooling, which independently cools the three separate compartments and enables customized temperatures in each; Metal Cooling, with an even wider metal plate for more even and fast cooling; and Precise Cooling, which ensures that the fridge is always set to the exact temperature you want.

The Bespoke 4-Door Flex refrigerator is not just a home appliance – it is as aesthetically customizable as a piece of furniture and as functional in your kitchen as the food products it stores. From its variable panels to its flexible storage and dispenser options, the Bespoke 4-Door Flex has been designed to fit your lifestyle, just as every “bespoke” item should be.